Workshops

WORKshops

Art & Sustainability

There is an endless tide of flotsam
my mission is to
Empower & Engage and to Connect & Inspire
children around the world towards a better planet and
a flourishing environment for the future

DISCOVER-LEARN-CREATE
Through sculptural art & sustainability workshops
explore the affect & effect of waste and deliver educational programs
CREATING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING
Through creativity in schools, libraries, holiday programs and communities
from young children to young adults
for more info email CarolynCardinet@gmail.com

Holiday Program

Sea Poly Creatures is a workshop that explores ideas of connectedness to allow children to reconnect with their creativity, environment and peers.
The program includes a Power Point presentation, followed by an excursion to collect rubbish from the beach and a craft workshop for children to create their own creatures.

River Creatures is a variation tailor made for the contextual habitat of the workshop.

Art & Sustainability Workshops

Teenagers

Lets go to the streets and tip to pick up Society's trash. We will learn and talk about the connection between our actions and the environment.
This workshop is designed for teenagers to work together in designing and creating together a large PUBLIC artwork.

Youth & Teens

Working with council and estates this workshop is dedicated to Council Youth Services to engage teenagers with their peers and environment in creating art in public spaces in their locality.

Schools

Directed to primary and middle school these Art & Sustainability workshops including artist talk, power point presentation and a Q&A session on environmental issues follow by an art workshop targeted to age groups.

REFUSE - REDUCE - REUSE -
REPURPOSE - REPAIR -
-RETHINK-

I believe that educating Youth on waste
has the power to break
the cycle of Plastic Over Consumerism

Photos from past Workshops

Bayside Holiday program- Sea Creature Workshop June 2015 from 'Trash to Sea Creatures'

Korowa Anglican Girls School - Talk on Sustainability and collaboration with the Environment students group August 2014

Thank you Carolyn very much for sharing your extraordinary creativity with the students and staff at our school. I know through your art and passion you have inspired them to make a difference for their future. Jacqui R. Newstead Primary.

I want to say thank you for sharing the expertise of your residence artist Carolyn Cardinet. We enjoyed the wealth of enthusiasm, creativity and knowledge Carolyn has around sustainability and the many things she collects and shares. The weaving looks amazing and the Year 1s loved the unit with many going home to share information about sustainability with their parents. Anna A. MLC Junior school.

Thank you for coming and work with our tiny toddlers on this collaborative installation
for our foyer space entrance. Each child enjoyed learning about plastic and how to make beautiful and elaborate birds nest with paper and plastic waste to be included in the hanging ceiling space.
Sarah D. Ruyton early learning center.

Thank you for the impact you have left on the class:
“Plastic is in the sea and won’t go away.” Harper
“I think people will think we have a problem when they look at it.” Evie
“You should use it [reuse plastic] to make something like the wave.” Lachlan
“It makes me think of all the rubbish in the sea and how we should pick any up if we see it.” Jasmine
“It makes me think of all the plastic that is in the sea.” Naomi
“It makes me think of making other things out of plastic.” Alex
“It makes me feel good because it reminds me to clean up the plastic and sort out for the rubbish bin.”
Kingston

The Great Wave a homage to the great Japanese artist Hokusai made with found and collected plastic objects with 4-5 years old Kindles children.

Bunjil Art Project for a school entrance a way to pass the threshold and be protected by the great Aboriginal creator.

The finished work hanging proudly on the wall of the Elwood Primary School - 'Under the Bay'- July 2021